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Be it known that I, ELIJAH LINDSLEY, of the county of Winnebago, in theState of ,Wiscousin, have invented a new and useful Car-Coupling; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing had to the annexed clrawings,.making a part of this specification,in which Figure 1 is a side View; and

Figure 2 is a top view.

A is a peculiar pin with a bent'end, held to its place by a pivot, a,passing through the slide, so constructed that the pin rises in the actof coupling, and falls in the act of uncoupling, into a horizontalposition in the slot in the slide. B is a'slide constructed to operatethe pin in such manner that as the cars are coupled it throws the pininto place, and when the cars are uncoupled it is thrown forward by theaction of the withdrawn link on the pin, and by the same act carries thepin itself forward and down into the slot b, leaving the slide and pinin proper position for recoupling. C is a movable plate, forming the topof the coupling, which rises by means of a lever E, and is held in placeas well by its weight as by the spiral snring F. By means of this leverthe said. plate is, at the will of the brakeman, elevated, and thecarsinstantly uncoupled. D is a tapering slot in the upper plate, whichsustains the draw-head or bumper, broadest in front, so constructed thatthe pin may not fail to enter it and come into place as it is raised inthe act of coupling the cars. G is the coupling link,

with slot and 'two holes, and made heaviest behind, with two pins tohold it in place, both horizontally and laterally, so as to be always intrue position for coupling.

The operation is so natural as to be manifest from the drawing, andabove description. In coupling thev cars as they come together, and thelink, which from its construction is always horizontal and pointing inthe true direction, enters to its proper place, the bumper strikes theend of the slide and throws the pin into place, where it is held untilthe top plate is again sprung by the lever. In uncoupling, all that isrequired is for the operator to place his foot on the lever and springthe plate 0 upward, and thereupon the link draws the pin forward anddownward, and the cars are instantly uncoupled.

The advantages ofthis construction are so manifest, and the ease andsimplicity of its operation so obvious, as to need no furtherillustration.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,are- The sliding-bar B, with its slot 6, and pivoted pin A, playing intothe tapering slot D, and fastening into the hole in the spring plate ontop of the coupling, substantially in the manner and for the purposesdescribed.

And also in combination with the said slide and pin, the saidspring-plate and lever, and other parts of the said coupling,substantially as set forth.

ELIJAH LINDSLEY.

Witnesses:

U. 0. WHEELER, ALBERT 000K.

